Is That Your New Boyfriend?

I recently went to a rock concert and I was amazed at how many people are totally joined at the hip with their iPhones. Even during the show, these people could not take their eyes off their hands. They were surfing the web, texting, using the camera, everything except watching the show. Before the concert, they were all in the bar, and instead of talking to each other, they were glued to the screen. A group of four people would come in, and without saying a word to each other or even looking at anyone else, each one would immediately pull out the phone and start diddling it. At one point a guy in mid-text at the bar muttered something to me. I said, "what?" And he said "where's the bathroom?" Without even looking up. So I said, "why don't you fucking Google it douchebag?" He looked up and walked away, without taking a break from twiddling his thumbs. "Progress" is not the first word that springs to mind. People used to go out to TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE. That's all over now. Today they prefer to stare at their hands. And what is private time today? You spend THAT time getting your latest news on Facebook. Here's a picture from my trip. Here's my boyfriend. I'm at a show and texting.

Aside from the "privacy issues" showcased in this article below...the real issue is...everybody who is wrapped up in this Facebook crap is a goddamn moron. It's pathetic. Nobody cares. Even your friends don't care. How could they? They don't have time. They are busy updating their own private masturbation space where they can showcase pictures of their pet cat playing with a ball of string. Awwww look how cute? What a bunch of saps.

In the good old days, someone would come to your house, or you could meet them someplace, and they would show you some pictures from their trip or their wedding and that was IT. They shoved them back in their pocketbook and that was the end thank Christ and you weren't compelled to have your life on display all the time. Does the word EGOMANIAC mean anything to these people? At least some of them are putting up nude photos and pornography. Even Facebook cannot completely break the creative mind.

And look at this...some people actually use the information you put on Facebook in ways that violate your privacy? It's only ALL TEN of the most popular apps. Really? Doesn't matter. Nothing can stop the avalanche of banality. Nobody cares about privacy when you can put up a picture of your friends getting drunk on a Friday night, or your dog catching a frisbee.

Everybody's a star on their own page, and it seems too tempting for most people to resist. You know what would be cool? If one day everybody woke up with their latest Facebook picture tatooed on their foreheads, so us non-Facebook types could see what they thought was so important. With today's technology THIS COULD HAPPEN. Next hot app? Bring it on!

Facebook said on Monday it was talking to application developers about how they handle some personal data, after a report said some applications had been improperly sharing the data with advertisers and Web tracking companies. The report, from the Wall Street Journal, said that all 10 of the most popular applications on Facebook, including games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, were transmitting user IDs to third parties.

[Yahoo Finance]